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EXPRESSION X. Of this, That no Man can grow, thrive, or be nou∣rished by the use of the Sacrament, that is not in Charity when he cometh to Re∣ceive.
FOr the whole Church is a body, and every Christian is a Member of that body. Now a member (we know) that will grow in the body, and thrive, must necessarily be united to, and conjoyned with the body. If a member be separa∣ted from the body, it cannot be nourish∣ed, nor grow: an Hand, or an Arme rent, or cut off from the body, cannot be nourished, nor grow. Nay, though a part of the body be not separated from the rest, yet if there be but a dislocation of a part, so that it be onely out of joynt, it cannot thrive, and prosper till it be set in joynt againe. So it is in the body mysticall, it is a growing body, e∣very member thereof growes, and in∣creases, Colos. 2. 19. as long as it is joyn∣ed to the rest of the members in love, Eph. 4. 16. but being disunited from the rest, or out of joynt, by reason of